Paint composition



WIL I M 1v. BLA EMA' an, or

rao un'r VERNON, NEW YoRK.

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To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. BLAKE- MAX, J12, a citizen of the United Stateaand resident of the city of Mount Vernon, in the county of lVestchester and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Paint Composition, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification. The object of this invention s to lmprove the spreading and accelerate the drying of all pigments which are refractory to oilvehicles; and the invention will first be described in detail and then set-forth in the claims.

It is well known that many of the anhydrous pigmentsthat is pigments which carry no combined waterparticularly the white pigments will neither spread satisfactorily nor dry with facility when ground in the usual linseed or other 0il-vehicle. But I have discovered that when an anhydrous pigment is ground with anhydrogenated oil, the mixture will follow the brush in a smooth. uniform and homogeneous film; and while this film will be slow in drying, the drying will be accelerated by the addition of a drying oil, such as tung-oil, or a semidrying-oil, such as marine animal oil, or a combination of both.

The process of hydrogenation'of oils is a progressive one, and can be carried on from an incipient attack with hydrogen to full saturation or solidification, with a gradual reduction in general of both refractive index and specific gravity. 7

In carrying out my invention the entire mass of oil-vehicle with which the pigment is to be combined may be hydrogenated, but as the varying character of the pigments will require varying degrees of hydrogenation it will be found more satisfactory, instead of hydrogenating the whole mass of vehicle, to incorporate therein a hydrogenated oil. In this way, hydrogenated oil of a standardized specific gravity may be employed and a sufficient quantity of it used to affect the varying pigments without attempting to hydrogenate the entire oil-vehicle to the same efiicacious point.

The hydrogenated oil may be employed in the condition in which it exists at any stage of the process of hydrogenation, but the best effects will result from the use of a hydrogenated oil which still continues to flow, at common temperatures, after a run with hydrogen on catalysts, for a half or three- Specification of Iletters Patent. Application filed June 12, 1917. Serial No. 174,254;

syrup. If a very thick vgenated oil be used,

quarters (g) .of an hour,

earance of chilled 'honey,or thick sugar or solidified, hydroit is liable to chill out from the vehicle and'precipitate.

Any of the hydrogenated oil can be used,

such as linseed, soja bean, cotton seed, menhaden, whale, seal, and the like; and although hydrogenated oil mixed with its parent oilfor example hydrogenated linseed-oil-hydrogenate with linseed oilwill givethe best effects in general, it may be found advantageous,for economical reasons, to use some of the other hydrogenated oils.

The percentage of hydrogenated oil to composition, and may be varied as required by practical conditions. If linseed oil be chosen as the vehicle, as little as five (5%) per cent..of hydrogenated oil will show a decided impr mildly refractory pigments, while from fif- -'teen (15%) to twenty (20%) per cent. may

be used with pigments of a sisting character. I I The term zinc lead, used herein, refers to a class of pigmentswhich have been on the stubbornly remarket for many years and are well-known They are.

commercially under that name. all composed of zinc oxid and lead sulfate in varying proportions, the one which I prefer consisting, approximately,of per cent. zinc oxid and 40 per cent. lead sulfate. The following are examples of compositions which will give good results (1.) Eighty (80) parts of linseed oil Patented Apr. 19,1921

vement in thespreading of.

and has the ap-;

oil-vehicle will depend on the nature of the showing .9287 sp. gin, carrying fifteen (15%) per cent. of its own hydrogenated linseed oil showing .9219 sp. gr., when ground with one hundred (100) parts of a zinc-lead pigment (sixty (60%) per cent. zinc oxid and forty (10%) per cent. lead sulfate) with the usual quantity of commercial liquid drier, will firm or set in from twelve (12) to fifteen (15) hours, under favorable atmospheric conditions, and subsequently harden or indurate satisfactorily If from six (6) to eight (8) parts of tung oil be added, the paint will firm or set in from siX (6) to eight (8) hours; and if a mixture of half (1}) tung oil and half marine animal oil be used, instead of tung oil alone, the time of firming will be reduced to four 1) or five (5) hours.

(2.) Eighty (80) parts of linseed oil isfactory manner.

. parts lead sulfate),

'great homogeneity, firm or hundred fifty (150) (natural) and thirty (30) parts zinc-lead and forty (40%) will be found to act as Eighty (80) parts linseed oil, showing .9287 sp. gr.; fifteen (15%) per cent. hydrogenated linseed oil showing .9219 sp. gr; fifteen (15%) per cent. tung oil; fifteen (15%) per cent. marine animal oil; one parts barium sulfate carrying sixty (60%) per cent. zinc oxid per cent. a lead sulfate; with the usual quantity of commercial liquid drier, will firm infour (4:) or five (5) hours, and subsequently indurate in a sat- For all tinted and dark colors, this formula, with slight variations, will be found satisfactory as a most economical and permanent protective covering.

A small percentage-say from one-half of one of 1%) per cent. to three (3%) per cent. of one or more of the animal, vegetable, or mineral residuals, fats, waxes, stearins, still-ends, and the like, may be added to the mixture if desired, and they a repellent agent and render the surface'of the paint-film more repellent to atmospheric and abrasive influences. Any suitable commercial liquid drier may be used. All the oil factors in the oil-vehicle, must, for the best effects, be

water free.

The oil-vehicle above described, is claimed in another application filed herewith and bearing the Serial Number 174,253.

Having thus fully described my inven tion, I claim 1. As a new composition of matter, a

. void of water,

mixture of a soft and flowing hydrogenated oil, and an anhydrous pigment, the mixture being devoid of water, free orcombined.

2. A mixture of an oil-vehicle; a soft and flowing hydrogenated oil; and an anhydrous pigment; the mixture being devoid of water, free or combined. l 3. A mixture of an oil-vehicle; a soft and flowing hydrogenated oil; a drying oil; and an anhydrous pigment; the mixture being devoid of water, free or combined.

4. A mixture of a soft and flowing hydrogenated oil; tung oil; and an anhydrous pigment; the mixture being devoid of water, free or combined.

a 5. A mixture of an oil-vehicle; a soft and flowing hydrogenated oil; tung oil; and an anhydrous pigment; the mixture being defree or combined.

6. A mixture of an oil-vehicleya soft and flowing hydrogenated oil; tung oil; another oil; and an anhydrous pigment; the mixture being devoid of Water, free or combined. r e

7. A mixture of a soft and flowing hydrogenated oil; tung oil; marine animal oil; and an anhydrous pigment; the mixture being devoid of Water, free or combined.

8. A mixture of an oil-vehicle; a soft and flowing hydrogenated oil; tung oil; marine animal oil; and an anhydrous pigment; the mixture being devoid of water, free or com bined.

9. A mixture of linseed oil; soft and flowing hydrogenated linseed oil; and an anhydrous pigment; the mixture being devoid of water, free or combined.

10. A.mixture of linseed oil; soft and flowing hydrogenated linseed oil; tung oil; and an anhydrous pigment; the mixture being devoid of water, free or combined.

11. A mixture of linseed oil; soft and flowing hydrogenated linseed oil; tung oil; marine animal oil; and an anhydrous pigment;'the mixture being devoid of Water, free or combined.

WM. N. BLAKEMAN, JR. 

